winepress in a sentence

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1. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
2. It seems unlikely that a mechanical winepress was actually meant by any of the various biblical texts, although mechanisms are described by Roman authors, the detailed operation of which remains unclear.
3. "The ancient village is surrounded by associated features, including cist graves, rock-cut tombs, a mausoleum, quarries, agricultural terraces and installations, a winepress and an olive press.
4. God said that God had trodden the winepress in anger alone, and trampled in fury, for the day of vengeance was in God s heart, and God s year of redemption had come.
5. Another biblical theme linked to the winepress references by commentators was the allegory of the " Vineyard of God " or " True Vine ", found in, and, understood as a metaphor for the Church.
6. "' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
7. "' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
8. "' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
9. :: : : It might have had biblical inspiration ( from " the great winepress of the wrath of God " ), but the precise expression " the grapes of wrath " seems to have been invented by Julia Ward Howe.
10. Although several of the biblical passages the image draws upon emphasize juice-stained clothing and " treading " by foot, by using a mechanical winepress the need for workers to tread the grapes with their feet in an open vat was removed.